Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…

Learning without thought is labour lost,thought without learning is perilous.

Unresolved:A dose of adversity is often as needful as a dose of medicine.

Standingin the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by thetraffic from both sides.

Adversityis the foundation of virtue.

The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow.

Men of genius are admired, men of wealth are envied, menof power are feared; but only men of character are trusted.

There is much more learning than knowing in the world.

A man's real life is that accorded to him in the thoughtd other man by reason of respect or natural love.

The means by which we live have outdistanced the ends forwhich we live. Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We haveguided missiles and misguided men.

Negotiatingmeans getting the best of your opponent.